Persistent Vegetative State
(asked on 7th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds in the number of people in a permanent vegetative state in the UK; and how many such people are cared for by the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
This question was answered on 12th October 2016
Information on the number of people in a permanent vegetative state is not collected centrally.
Brighton and Sussex University Hospital are currently not caring for any patients in a permanent vegetative state.